[sphinx]

I’m not a fan of Sean Penn, but watch The Professor and the Madman. Sean Penn and Mel Gibson. Penn plays the madman and seems made for the role; the madman goes full Boston Corbett and emasculates himself at the beginning of the third act, and as far as I’m concerned, Penn should have gone full method and done it irl. Mel Gibson had bottomed out from his crash and burn and was on the atonement trail; his performance packs a punch.

Sean Penn and Mel Gibson: as unlikely a pair of lead actors as one can imagine.

And it’s a true story. Fascinating for those interested in the Oxford English Dictionary, one of the most important early citizen contributors to which was a schizophrenic sentenced to life in a Victorian era insane asylum for cold-blooded murder, he being delusional at the time he committed the crime. Not much was understood about schizophrenia at the time, but the Brits had moved beyond executing raving lunatics.

[Drew68]

but watch The Professor and the Madman

Never heard of this. Just watched the trailer. It's streaming on Amazon Prime.

Thanks! Gonna check it out.

[nickcarraway]

What did Boston Corbett do, besides killing an actor?

[lastchance]

Thanks for reminding me of a very good movie.

[Excellence]

It’s available on Prime. I put it on my watch list. I’ve long wanted a copy of the OED, but it’s terribly expensive.